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Catálogo De Las Especies De Diaspididae (Herniptera: Coccoidea) Nativas De Argentina, Brasil Y Chile, Lucia E. Claps, Vera R. S. Wolff, Roberto H. Gonzalez Sep 1999

Catálogo De Las Especies De Diaspididae (Herniptera: Coccoidea) Nativas De Argentina, Brasil Y Chile, Lucia E. Claps, Vera R. S. Wolff, Roberto H. Gonzalez

Insecta Mundi

RESUMEN: Se listan un total de 96 especies de Diaspididae descritas de Brasil (73), Argentina (15) y Chile (8), presentándose su lista sinonímica, material Tipo, localización del mismo; huéspedes conocidos y referencias bibliográficas más importantes. Se agregan las especies que fueran descritas como originarias para esta región y posteriomente sinonimizadas con otras especies cosmopolitas.

ABSTRACT: Ninety-six species of armoured scale insects (Diaspididae) described from Brazil (73), Argentina (15) and Chile (8) are reviewed in terms of sinonimy, location of plant material, host plants, distribution in theses southern cone countries and bibliographical references.


Aulacaspis Yasumatsui (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Diaspididae), A Scale Insect Pest Of Cycads Recently Introduced Into Florida, Forrest W. Howard, Avas Hamon, Michael Mclaughlin, Thomas J. Weissling, Si-Lin Yang Jan 1999

Aulacaspis Yasumatsui (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Diaspididae), A Scale Insect Pest Of Cycads Recently Introduced Into Florida, Forrest W. Howard, Avas Hamon, Michael Mclaughlin, Thomas J. Weissling, Si-Lin Yang

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Observations were conducted in southern Florida on Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Diaspididae), a recently introduced armored scale insect native to Southeast Asia. The insect’s host plants, exclusively cycads, were identified in the following genera: Cycas (Cycadaceae ); Dioon, Encephalartos, Microcycas, (Zamiaceae), and Stangeria (Stangeriaceae). Cycas spp. seemed to be preferred over other cycad genera by this insect. Aulacaspis yasumatsui infested pinnae, rachides, strobili, stems, and roots of various species of cycads. It generally infested all above-ground plant parts of Cycas spp. and sometimes the primary and secondary roots to a soil depth of 60 cm. No morphological differences in …